Skipping out on sleep may not just affect your physical attractiveness, but also how approachable people find you. According to researchers from the Medical Institute Karolinska in Stockholm, Sweden, getting less than 4 hours of sleep a night or none at all—doesn’t make a difference. You will appear to others equally exhausted. Although it is not a conscious behavior, people can tell if you are sleep deprived.
In their study, they deprived some individuals of sleep for 4 hours and then took their picture. The same was done with other participants who slept normally. The images were shown to a third group of people, unrelated to the others. Researchers asked them how they perceived the individuals in the first two groups. The same protocol was used as an earlier study they had conducted; the only difference was the first group was deprived of 31 hours of sleep instead of only 4.
The results yielded the same results: people can detect sleep deprivation, and those same people are less likely to want to spend time with a sleep-deprived person. There is no telling how far the effects of this initial feeling can reach. From business relationships to personal ones, be sure to get your 7 – 9 hours of sleep to ensure you’re approachable!
The century old term “beauty sleep” is on the money. Sleep 7-9 hours per night, and you will feel better, look better, and be more approachable. As mattress Mack said when he read this article, “That sounds like a win-win to me!”
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